Refreshing Oscar nominations

Here they are! Finally the nominations for this year's Oscars  are there, a few positive surprises as well. Of course, the nomination for Janusz Kaminski, for best cinematography is always good news, but the Academy has made some unobvious choices, like nominating "Beasts of the Southern Wild" for Best Picture, directing, and best female act, of the tiny Quvenzhané Wallis. Too bad, " Moonrise Kingdom" was not nominated for more awards, let's hope Wes Anderson at least gets best screenplay. Absolutely well deserved. I have a feeling that nominating "Amour" so many times is the expression of cherishing older generations rather than the film itself. Don't get me wrong. It was a  very good movie, but totally and absolutely not an "Oscar" one. Maybe for Best Foreign Picture. Though I'd vote for "The Royal Affair." By the nominations I put marks, where I think the person or movie will or should win, and the marks are of course very subjective. Sometimes I'm sure the movie won't get it, but I nevertheless mark it. How do I know such things? It's just over the years, the Academy has shown, that not always best films win, and that's that. But so far, this year it is actually a good set of nominees...
Full list of nominees available here, in The Guardian, or on the official webpage.

BAFTA nominations 2013 announced

Today, on January 9th 2013, at "the ungodly hour" of 7.30 as "Empire" magazine calls it, the BAFTA nominations were announced. BAFTAs are one of my favorite awards, not only because they are British, but also, as I recently found out, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts is actually a charity that hosts annual  awards. BAFTA as the British Film Academy was founded in 1947 by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed and others.
Usually the award ceremony takes place somewhere around the beginning of February, when the Berlinale also takes place. This year it will be February 10th at the Royal Opera House in London.
More from The Telegraph, The Guardian and full list here from the BAFTA's website.
Beside each nominated person or movie I put a mark to underline my own favorites for the awards. Some of the nominated films I have not yet seen, but they might be the most possible winners.